Leaders at City, State and Federal levels appeared for Council Majority Leader Marian Tasco’s legendary Jazz Brunch soirée. Some of them promised big turnout for State Sen. Anthony Williams' Governor primary bid. From left are State Sen. LeAnna Washington, Controller Alan Butkovitz, Sen. Arlen Specter, Tasco, State Reps. Dwight Evans and Cherelle Parker, and...
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Pundits covering Pennsylvania politics frequently talk about the “eight-year cycle” in which a gubernatorial candidate seeking a second term has never lost an election since the State constitution was altered to allow Governors to serve multiple terms. This means every Governor elected since 1970 has been successfully reelected and that the Democrats and Republicans...
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ORANGE-TEED protestors have been massing behind Councilman Frank DiCicco’s Council Chamber seat for the last few Thursdays as he walks into Chamber. Organized by Democrat 2nd Ward Leader Ed Nesmith, protestors want DiCicco to be recalled for enrolling in DROP program.
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Vice President Joe Biden may or may not attend a State Troopers Memorial to be dedicated in Wilmington May 3, even though he is supposed to. It’s home turf.
The reason is he’ll have face the Memorial’s chief sponsor, Joe Vento, the owner of Geno’s Steaks, at 9th & Passyunk Avenue. Biden may not be...
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Over 100 union leaders and elected officials attended 50th Birthday Party of IBEW Local 98 Business Mgr. John J. Dougherty, Jr. Among well-wishers were, from left, Building Trades Council President Pat Gillespie, Variety Club Board Member Ken Adams, Congressman Bob Brady, Mary-Rita D’Alessandro, and Variety Club Board Member Ken Adams.
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Yo! Here we go again with this memory – Wilson Cruise Lines. They were red and white excursion ships with the big white Wilson Line Logo of a “W” inside a ship’s wheel on the smoke stack. The Wilson Line started in 1882 as a commuter-freight business between Wilmington and Philadelphia. In 1929 the...
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Everybody has an idea on what’s needed to speed up justice in the city’s long-clogged criminal-justice system. A walk through the building which houses its courts will tell you there is something dramatically wrong with it.
Two lines form early every weekday morning in the Criminal Justice Center at Filbert & Market Streets. The shorter...
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BY TONY WEST/ For a gun dealer in Philadelphia, even one with a sterling reputation, life has its ups and downs.
On Mar. 30, Larry Haney, who owns the Shooter Shop in Kensington, received a letter of gratitude from the chief of the Gun Violence Task Force praising the dealer for his efforts to control...
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The story of the ship on this page and Port officials who helped bring
it to the Port of Philadelphia is just one more in a line of accomplishments by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority in
recent weeks. In the background is the SS El Faro, one of several owned by the SeaStar Line,
Philadelphia Regional Port...
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A capacity crowd packed Loews Philadelphia Hotel to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Variety – The Children’s Charity. This club has for many years been a driving force behind the provision of life-enhancing opportunities to handicapped children. Among civic leaders at the affair were, from left, Councilman Bill Green, labor leader Wayne Miller, restaurateur...
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